775 CDUS44 KLIX 040703 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 202 AM CDT WED JUL 4 2012 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 3 2012... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1946 TO 2012 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 96 158 PM 98 2009 91 5 96 1970 1969 MINIMUM 77 457 AM 67 1966 75 2 77 AVERAGE 87 83 4 87 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.38 2006 0.23 -0.23 0.48 MONTH TO DATE T 0.67 -0.67 0.49 SINCE JUN 1 3.18 8.73 -5.55 5.19 SINCE JAN 1 27.02 32.97 -5.95 22.54 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 SINCE JUN 1 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE JUN 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JUL 1 0 0 0 0 COOLING YESTERDAY 22 18 4 22 MONTH TO DATE 63 54 9 70 SINCE JUN 1 596 549 47 678 SINCE JAN 1 1612 1168 444 1538 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (150) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (110) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 85 1200 AM LOWEST 46 200 PM AVERAGE 66 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 91 98 1970 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 75 66 1947 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JULY 4 2012..........SUNRISE 605 AM CDT SUNSET 806 PM CDT JULY 5 2012..........SUNRISE 605 AM CDT SUNSET 806 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$